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Cost analysis of antibiotic therapy versus appendectomy for treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: 5-year results of the APPAC randomized clinical trial

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  • Jussi Haijanen
  • Suvi Sippola
  • Risto Tuominen
  • Juha Grönroos
  • Hannu Paajanen
  • Tero Rautio
  • Pia Nordström
  • Markku Aarnio
  • Tuomo Rantanen
  • Saija Hurme
  • Paulina Salminen

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Background: The efficacy and safety of antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated acute appendicitis has been established at long-term follow-up with the majority of recurrences shown to occur within the first year. Overall costs of antibiotics are significantly lower compared with appendectomy at short-term follow-up, but long-term durability of these cost savings is unclear. The study objective was to compare the long-term overall costs of antibiotic therapy versus appendectomy in the treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis in the APPAC (APPendicitis ACuta) trial at 5 years. Methods and findings: This multicentre, non-inferiority randomized clinical trial randomly assigned 530 adult patients with CT-confirmed uncomplicated acute appendicitis to appendectomy or antibiotic treatment at six Finnish hospitals. All major costs during the 5-year follow-up were recorded, whether generated by the initial visit and subsequent treatment or possible recurrent appendicitis. Between November 2009 and June 2012, 273 patients were randomized to appendectomy and 257 to antibiotics. The overall costs of appendectomy were 1.4 times higher (p

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  • Jussi Haijanen & Suvi Sippola & Risto Tuominen & Juha Grönroos & Hannu Paajanen & Tero Rautio & Pia Nordström & Markku Aarnio & Tuomo Rantanen & Saija Hurme & Paulina Salminen, 2019. "Cost analysis of antibiotic therapy versus appendectomy for treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: 5-year results of the APPAC randomized clinical trial," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(7), pages 1-12, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0220202
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220202
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    1. Ayesha Ali & Zina Mobarak & Mariam Al-Jumaily & Mehreen Anwar & Zaeem Moti & Nadia Zaman & Amir Reza Akbari & Laure de Preux, 2021. "Cost-Utility Analysis of Antibiotic Therapy versus Appendicectomy for Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-15, August.

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